# Woodville Mall

Northwood, OH · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-13ffe77c97` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/northwood-woodville-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-13ffe77c97.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-13ffe77c97.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-13ffe77c97

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1969 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2011 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The mall opened in 1969.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville_Mall
- **year_closed**: “The mall's interior was closed in December 2011.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville_Mall
- **original_developer**: “Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation built Woodville Mall in 1969.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville_Mall
- **status**: “The mall was demolished in March 2014, except for the Sears, whose closure was announced the same month.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville_Mall
- **enclosed**: “Woodville Mall was an enclosed shopping mall” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **demolition_year**: “The mall was demolished in March 2014, except for the Sears, whose closure was announced the same month.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

JCPenney, Sears, Lasalle's

## Parties

- Simon Property Group — owner (from text) (1996–2004)
- Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation — owner (from text) (1969–)
- Sammy Kahen and Jack Kashani — owner (from text) (2004–)
- Mike Kohan — owner (from text) (2009–)

## Timeline

- 1969: Mall opened
- 1996: Simon Property Group merged with DeBartolo
- 2004: Sold to Sammy Kahen and Jack Kashani
- 2009: Mike Kohan bought the mall
- 2011: Interior closed due to structural issues
- 2014: Mall demolished

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Woodville Mall was an enclosed shopping mall off of Woodville Road in Northwood, Ohio, outside the city of Toledo, Ohio. The mall opened in 1969 and, after losing most of its stores in the 2000s, became a dead mall. The mall's interior was closed in December 2011 and demolished in March 2014.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Woodville Mall, Northwood, OH." Record m-13ffe77c97, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/northwood-woodville-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_northwoodwoodvillemall,
  title = {Woodville Mall, Northwood, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/northwood-woodville-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-13ffe77c97, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.